Family History - Samuel Wood Gazlay

1. Samuel Wood Gazlay,¹ born 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan, the son of Ira Dunning Gazlay and Hannah Elizabeth Wood;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} died 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.² Samuel married, first, 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan, Ida May Bedell^{8, 11} (born 25 November 1889 in Michigan, the daughter of David Bedell and Alice F. Occomore;^{8, 9, 10} Ida died 1 May 1970 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan⁸). Their marriage ended in divorce on 13 June 1910 in Michigan.⁸ Samuel married, second, 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, Ina M. Calkins¹³ (born 30 December 1870 in Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan, the daughter of Samuel Edmund Calkins and Mary Banks;^{12, 13, 14, 15} Ina died 19 April 1955¹²). Samuel married, third, 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Ethel B. Strohauer^{8, 17} (born ca. 1885 in Michigan, the daughter of Zachary Strohauer and Elizabeth Brown^{5, 16}). Their marriage ended in divorce.¹⁶ Ina is buried in Bendle Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan.¹²

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Eloise Alice Gazlay, born ca. 1907 in Michigan;9 died 30 November 1912 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan.18, 19 Eloise was a beautiful little girl who died at the age of five of double pneumonia after having an appendectomy. Her mother kept her room the same, never changing a thing up to when her mother died in 1970.18

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Harold Gazlay, born ca. 1911 in Michigan.5

1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Samuel Wood Gazlay, Serial No. 915, born 14 June 1883, nearest relative: Ira D. Gazlay, father.
2. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gazley, Samuel W., age 59; died: 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan; born: 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Michigan; father: Ira Gazley; mother: Hanna Wood.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy Township, Enumeration District 25, Sheet No. 1A; family of Ira D. Gazlay (62, Michigan, Jan. 1838, farmer); wife of 30 years Hanna E. Gazlay (57, Michigan, Nov. 1842, 2 children, 1 living); son Samuel W. Gazlay (16, Michigan, June 1883, farm laborer).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint City, Enumeration District 33, Sheet No. 21A; Samuel Gazley (27, Michigan, border, laborer, odd jobs, first marriage of four years).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 618, Sheet No. 11B; family of Samuel Gazlay (36, Michigan, tool designer, wheel factory); wife Ethel B. Gazlay (35, Michigan); son Harold Gazlay (9, Michigan).
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-155, Sheet No. 11B; Samuel W. Gazlay (46, Michigan, saleman, oil co.).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 184-146, Sheet No. 86B; Samuel W. Gazlay (56, Michigan, mechanical draftsman, factory).
8. Gazlay Family Tree, Ancestry (website); Owner: joanneweimer. This site includes numerous references, including US Census records and copies of death certificates and obituaries. The reliability of the information is excellent, although a few relationships are believed to be incorrect, probably because the correct information does not appear in the cited references.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 6A; family of David Bedell (57, New Jersey, farmer); wife of 21 years Alice F. Bedell (37, England, 4 children, 3 living); daughter Julia Bedell (16, Michigan); daughter Mary Bedell (10, Michigan); daughter Mrs. Ida Gazlay (20, Michigan, 1 child, 1 living); granddaughter Ella L. Gazlay (3, Michigan).
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, Enumeration District 4, Sheet No. 8A, family of John W. Olcott (61, Michigan, laborer, farm); wife Ida M. Olcott (30, Michigan).
11. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Samuel W. Gazley, born 1883 in Mundy Township, and Ida M. Bedell, born 1889 in Mundy Township, married 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genessee County, Michigan. The record also gives the names of their parents.
12. Find a Grave (website). Bendle Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan; Gazley, Ina M. Calkins: Daughter / Ina M. Gazley / Dau. of Mary & Edmond Calkins / Dec. 30, 1870 / Apr. 19, 1955 [from headstone]. The record provides links to her parents, Samuel Edmund Calkins (1834-1913) and Mary O. Banks Calkins (1837-1904).
13. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Samuel W. Gazlay, age 33, born in Swartz Creek; father: Ira Gazlay; mother: Hannah Wood; and Ina M. Calkins, age 35, born in Clayton; father: Samuel. E. Calkins; mother: Mary Banks; married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot [County], Michigan.
14. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, Enumeration District 7, Sheet No. 7A; Edmond Calkins (76, New York, widow); daughter Ina M. Calkins (39, Michigan).
15. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, E.D. 25-6, Sheet No. 11B, Irving R. Jessop, 46, Michigan, farmer, farming; wife Mildred Jessop, 43, Michigan; daughter Arlene Jessop, 16, Michigan; aunt Ina Gazlay, 66, Michigan, widow; plus three borders.
16. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-459, Sheet No. 3A; Ethel Gazlay (45, Michigan, divorced).
17. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Gazlay, Samuel W., age 36, born in Michigan; father: Ira; mother: Hannah E. Wood; and Ethel B. Strohauer, age 35, born in Michigan; father: Zachary; mother: Eliz. Brown; married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan.
18. Email from Denise Okenka to Lee Gazlay, 28 December 2011.
19. Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995, available at familysearch.org. Eloise Alice Gazley [sic], 30 November 1912 in Mundy, Genessee County, Michigan; age 5; birthplace: Michgan; father: Samuel Gazley; mother: Ida Mae Olcott.